Cosmopolitan Magazine is a monthly magazine for women. Often abbreviated as Cosmo, the magazine contains a wide variation of content including articles on health, careers, relationships, celebrities and fashion news, as well as fashion photography.

Cosmopolitan Magazine was first started as a family magazine in 1886. It's focus shifted to a women magazine in 1965 after the current editor in chief, Helen Gurley Brown decided to completely transform the magazine. Helen took this decision because she wanted to create a magazine that could motivate women to be more assertive, stronger, and able to easily speak their minds in front of other people, especially men.http://www.cosmopolitan.com/about/about-us_how-cosmo-changed-the-world

The magazine received various criticisms since their transformation. One of them criticize a near-nude centerfold of actor Burt Reynolds in April 1972. At the time when it's published, a semi-nude centerfold was still considered taboo and offensive.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_%28magazine%29#Criticism

Another famous criticism happened on January 1988 when the magazine featured an article that claimed HIV is not contagious for a woman if the sexual activity is performed by heterosexuals; even if they don't use any kind of protection. It was also claimed that it's impossible to transmit HIV to a woman if the sexual intercourse is performed on a missionary position. It caused a widespread controversy and has especially angered gay rights activists.http://newyorkmetro.com/news/features/17158/index2.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_%28magazine%29#Criticism

Today, Cosmopolitan Magazine has become one of the most famous magazines for women worldwide. The magazine has been distributed in more than 100 countries worldwide with 59 different international editions in 36 different languages.http://www.hearst.com/magazines/cosmopolitan.php TopTenReviews has listed the magazine on the first place in their Top 10 Women Magazine list because of their achievement for being the best source of info for women all over the world.http://magazine-subscription-review.toptenreviews.com/top-ten-women-s-magazines-pg11.html

Cosmopolitan Magazine was originally founded by Schlicht & Field on 1886. Two years later, Schlicht & Field faced a bankruptcy and was forced to close down their company.http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/99597 On 1889, the magazine company was acquired by John Brisben Walker who introduced new features on the magazine such as book reviews and serials.

In 1905, William Randolph Hearst purchased the magazine for $400,000 (approximately $13,000,000 in 2010 prices).http://nyjobsource.com/hearst.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_(magazine) Since then, the magazine has become a part of the growing Hearst Corporation.

Cosmopolitan Magazine has about 200 employees in their main office in New York.http://www.linkedin.com/companies/cosmopolitan-magazine The highest rank in the magazine is editor-in-chief. He or she will be a person who will has final responsibility for the operations and policies. The first editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine was Frank P. Smith. He worked for about two years until his replacement, E. D. Walker come to work on his position.http://www.articlealley.com/article_9572_28.html Of all the editors, Helen Gurley Brown worked for longest duration (32 years) compared to others.

The only person who still works in the magazine since it transformed into a women's magazine is Helen Gurley Brown herself. Born on February 18, 1922, she has worked as International editor-in-chief for Cosmopolitan Magazine since 1997.

The current Cosmopolitan Magazine executive staff includes:http://www.cosmopolitan.com/about/cosmo-masthead :

• Editor-in-chief : Kate White
• Design Director : Ann P. Kwong
• Executive Director : Nicole Beland
• Fashion Director : Michelle M. McCool
• Executive Managing Director : Abigail Greene
• Deputy Editors : [[Isabel Burton, [[Michelle Stacey]
• Editorial Brand Director : John Searles
• Photography Director : Jennifer Miller
• Art Director : John Lanuza
• Entertainment Director : Tracy Shaffer
• Beauty Director : Leah Wyar
• Deputy Articles Director : Esther Crain, Ky Henderson

• Lillian Glass, PhD

• Bethany Heitman

• Rachel Goodwin

• Molly Triffin

• Ky Henderson

• Korin Miller

• Frank P. Smith (1886-1888)
• E. D. Walker (1888)
• John Brisben Walker (1889-1905)
• Bailey Millard (1905-1907)
• S. S. Chamberlain (1907-1908)
• C. P. Narcross (1908-1913)
• Sewell Haggard (1914)
• Edgar Grant Sisson (1914-1917)
• Douglas Z. Doty (1917-1918)
• Ray Long (1918-1931)
• Harry Payne Burton (1931-1942)
• Frances Whiting (1942-1945)
• Arthur Gordon (1946-1948)
• Herbert R. Mayes (1948-1951)
• John J. O'Connell (1951-1959)
• Robert Atherton (1959-1965)
• Helen Gurley Brown (1965-1997)
• Bonnie Fuller (1997-1998)
• Kate White (1998-present)